‘Stitching on the Light: A Virtual Stitch Along’
Online cross-stitch embroidery program from the Zwaanendael Museum during January 2021.
‘The Amazing Hannah Penn’ — virtual living-history performance on Oct. 24, 2020
Virtual living-history program in which Jean Norvell portrays the proprietress of Pennsylvania and wife of William Penn.
‘The Civil Rights Movement in Delaware: Its History—Its Legacy’
Symposium to take place in Dover on Oct. 2 and 3, 2014.
‘The Empty Glass: Sherlock Holmes Comes to Dover’ to be presented at The Old State House on Aug. 18, 2018
Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to solve a grisly murder based on an actual Dover court case.
‘The Rising Sun: The U.S. Constitution’: The Old State House’s Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2019
Fun and thought-provoking Constitutional programs to take place on April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019.
‘Washington vs. Lincoln—Who Was the Greatest President?’ at The Old State House on Feb. 19, 2017
President’s Day theatrical presentration will pit Washington and Lincoln against each other.
‘We Didn’t Vote for Him: Delaware and the Election of 1860’ — virtual lecture from The Old State House on Nov. 14, 2020
Program explores the election that brought Abraham Lincoln to power and which led the nation into civil war.
‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 23, 2021
Event commemorates the 339th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.
‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 27, 2018
Event commemorates the 336th anniversary Penn’s Oct. 27, 1682 disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.
‘William Penn Day’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 29, 2022
Event commemorates the 340th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.
‘Wine and Spirits in Delaware: Producing, Preserving, and Presenting’ exhibit closed on Jan. 28, 2017
EXHIBIT CLOSED on Jan. 28, 2017.
‘A Very Victor Holiday’ at the Johnson Victrola Museum on Dec. 4, 2021
Spend the holidays with the Victor Talking Machine Company at this special event.
‘Struggles for Equality’ series at The Old State House in February 2023
Series highlights important parts of Black history in Delaware, and pioneering African American artists of rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll music.
‘The War of 1812: Over Two Centuries Later’
Four-part Old State House Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2022.
‘The Wooden World Revealed’ at Zwaanendael Museum on May 21, 2022
Day-long series of activities explores the 1798 sinking of HMS DeBraak.
2014 Dover Days Festival: A collaborative affair
Division a key player in this year’s event that is themed “Delaware Dresses Downton.”